Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
BAGGAGE RULES 1998
Notification No. 5/2004-Customs (N.T.), dated 08.01.2004
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification
No. 5/2004-Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi dated the 8th January,
2004
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52
of 1962), the Central Government makes the following rules further to amend the
Baggage Rules,1998, namely :-
1. (i) These rules may be called the
Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2004.
(ii) They shall come into force on and
from the 9th day of January, 2004.
2. In the Baggage Rules, 1998,-
(a) |
in rule 10,- |
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(i) |
that rule shall be re-numbered as
sub-rule (1) thereof. In sub-rule (1) as so renumbered the following proviso
shall be inserted, namely:- |
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“Provided that except as specified in this sub-rule, a crew
member of a vessel shall be allowed to bring items like
chocolates, cheese, cosmetics and other petty gift items for their personal or family use which shall not exceed
the value of rupees six
hundred.” |
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(ii) |
after sub-rule (1) as so renumbered,
the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- |
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“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules a crew
member of an aircraft shall be allowed to bring items gifts like chocolates, cheese, cosmetics and other petty gift items at the time of the
returning of the aircraft from foreign journey for their personal or
family use which shall not exceed the value of rupees six hundred.”; |
(b) |
in Appendix C, in the
column under column heading “Articles allowed free of
duty”, for the words and figure “or Annex.II”, the words
and figures “Annexure II or Annexure III” shall be substituted.; |
(c) |
in Appendix F, in the column under
column heading “Articles allowed free of duty”, after the word “including” ,
the words “the article listed at Annexure III and” shall be inserted.; |
(d) |
in ‘Annex I’,
for the portion “4. Alcholic liquor and wines in excess of one
litre each.”, the following shall be substituted, namely:- |
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“4. Alcoholic liquor or wines in excess of two litres.”; |
(e) |
for “Annex II” , the following shall be substituted, namely:- |
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“Annexure II
1. |
Colour Television or Monochrome
Television. |
2. |
Digital Video Disc Player. |
3. |
Video Home Theatre System. |
4. |
Dish Washer. |
5. |
Music System. |
6. |
Air–Conditioner. |
7. |
Domestic refrigerators of capacity
above 300 litres or its equivalent . |
8. |
Deep Freezer. |
9. |
Microwave Oven. |
10. |
Video camera or the combination of
any such video camera with one or more of the following goods, namely:- |
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(a) |
Television
Receiver; |
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(b) |
Sound
recording or reproducing apparatus; |
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(c) |
Video reproducing apparatus. |
11. |
Word Processing Machine. |
12. |
Fax Machine. |
13. |
Portable Photocopying Machine. |
14. |
Vessel. |
15. |
Aircraft. |
16. |
Cinematographic films of 35 mm and
above. |
17. |
Gold or Silver, in any form,
other than ornaments.” |
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Annexure
III
1. |
Video Cassette Recorder or Video Cassette Player or Video Television
Receiver or Video Cassette Disk Player. |
2. |
Washing Machine. |
3. |
Electrical or Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cooking Range |
4. |
Personal Computer (Desktop Computer) |
5. |
Laptop
Computer (Notebook Computer) |
6. |
Domestic Refrigerators of capacity up to 300 litres or its
equivalent.” |
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D.S. Garbyal
Under Secretary to the Government of India
F.No.520/01/2004-Cus.VI
Note:- The principal
rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification No.
30/98-Customs (N.T), dated the 2nd June, 1998[ G.S.R. 296 (E), dated
the 2nd June, 1998 and were last amended vide notification No.
11/2002-Customs(N.T), dated the 1st March,2002 [G.S.R 125 (E), dated
the 1st March, 2002].
[Notification No. 5/2004-Cus. (N.T.), dated 08-01-2004]